The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-21
SEVERAL NEW WORKERS ABOARD.
Two Sayed-'The Vessel Worth Over $780,
900 and Her Cargo q MILLION.

Two Sayed-The Vessel Worth Over $780,
900 and Her Cargo u Million.
william H. Van den Toorn, the general
agent in New York of the Netherlands Ameri-
can Steam Navigation Company, got this cable
gram at o'clock yesterday morning from the
company's Office at Rotterdam:
schoiten sunk Dover through collision with
known steamer Fifty saved. Among them Mr. Quicken
and Or. Ayme, and tho purser, second mate and
ond engineer. Have sent Capt. Baker and Mr.. kru-
mccher Dover to look after the comforts Of the
cued.
Mr. Gulken," said Mr.. Van den Toorn, lis
my assistant in our Office at rs South William
street. DIR. Ayme used to be Of the Chambers
Street Hospital staff Iengagcd him for the
Scholtens physician and 1t was his second or
third trip. Capt. Baker is tho regular COM
dam for vacation, while Capt. Taat of the
Edam took his ship for this trip. Mr.. Kru-
meicher is the New York passenger agent of
the company. He was also at Rotterdam on q
vacation. Upon receipt of this cablegram i'm
mediately cabled to Rotterdam for full list Of
O'Clock got this despatch
"schoten eoided with Rosa Mary. Seventy nine
81 SFG .Mo VIII s1ps On 5
:t Ediyhoysn The chief snFinser Landed at ssafSrd
Gavin nftsen IL second cabin i rest in se.raxe ~ '
The crew and officers" said Mr.. Van dem
ssG Of or ytwo TSSre
was then 144 or u few less, steerage passengers.
i is safe to presume that they were mostly
The cablegram says that Chief Engineer
Edixhoyen was landed at Seaford. Seaford Is
Gates the possibility that others may be landed
by passing ships. The Scholten didn't carry
hs would have
this summer. The Examining Board found
that she was fitted ACCORDING to the American or .an
bal than s She u was She looked Y ike a yacht
shS was is Of the boats that ever
Mr. Van den foorn pointed to an oil painting
s MS g hs
was brave and efficient Captain. but this
Hs commanded the old Edam When she sunk in
midoceap on Sept e. 1872 by collision INV. with the
crew were Killed in this collision, but all Of tho
to leave the Edam and he was taken from the
organization, fifteen years ago. He was IS
Mr. steiibers vas the chief officer Of the schol-
ten; They are both among the missing. Mr..
Is the worst Calamity that has ever
orr have sns four ashsp steam
Morsdam, but only two passengers"
ten was consigned, said last night that all the
information he had of the disaster was received
through Mr. Van don Toorn. The Schoelten
had accommodations for about 60 first-class, 40
Intermediates, and about 500 storage passen-
gers. She was built in the Clyde in 1874. and
was valued at between 100000 and 100000 and
insured for Sl72000 Her cargo consisted Of
tobacco, Rhine wine, gin behring's and sauer-
kraut. pickles, dry goods and iron wire, esti-
mnted value SS00000
Tho Scholten was an iron screw steamer Of
barkentine rig. She was built In Glasgow by
r. Napier Il Sons. and was launched In March,
1874. She was 35l feet long. 49, broad and
ZIG deep. She had three decks. She measured
1929 tons gross and 1.720 net Repairs had
been made on her in 1875. 1880. and 1884 She
received new boilers In March. 1885; She was
nominally OF 400 horse power. She last sailed
from New York on Oct. 80.
Lehenstein Hermann OF 1913 Stanton street
said last night that he knew nothing OF the
man on whose body letter was found ad-
dressed to him.
The steamship Schiedam from Rotterdam
arrived here late last night The list OF lost
and missing from the Scholten sent for by Mr..
Van den Toorn had not arrived at O'Clock this
morning.